There are about 5161 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Norway. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Obesity has become a global epidemic, and treating and preventing obesity appears to be one of the world's greatest challenges. The disorder is associated with a wide range of metabolic and hormonal changes, including the development of insulin resistance, changes in adipose tissue function, increased levels of blood lipids, cardiovascular disease and obesity induced fatty liver. Obesity is characterized by inflammation in adipose tissue, altered fat storage capacity and increased exchange of lipids between adipose tissue and blood, and increased secretion of cytokines from adipose tissue. Cytokines are believed to play a central role in the regulation of adipose tissue, the size of adipocytes and other metabolic conditions. The hepatic synthesis of lipoproteins and interaction with adipose tissue is essential for the body's energy storages. The central role of the liver in energy supply, fat storage and normalization of blood values implies the importance of investigating the interaction between adipose tissue and liver to increase knowledge about the morbidity of obesity. Central obesity and insulin resistance are clear risk factors for the development of fatty liver, but the importance of diet is unclear. The common perception is that fatty liver condition can be improved by a reduction in dietary fat and cholesterols, but the relationship is unclear, and contradictory findings occur in epidemiological studies. It is therefore necessary to better understand the impact of the different macro-nutrients. The purpose of this study is to determine whether two weight reducing diets with equal calorie levels that contain high or low fat differentially affects the adipose tissue function, distribution of body fat, as well as tissue, blood and urine levels of inflammatory markers, lipids, vitamins, hormones and other substances that may be related to metabolically health.
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and effect of a program including information, counseling and an individualized physical activity program on physical and psychological health during and after chemotherapy in patients with testicular cancer. It is hypothesized that the patients are able to complete the intervention with individual adjustments.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the change in pulmonary function and exercise capacity in lung cancer patients after pulmonary resection. Furthermore, to study the effect of training on aerobic capacity, muscular strength, morbidity and survival. Physical activity level by accelerometers, body composition by DXA and quality of life will also be reported.
Articular cartilage lesions are commonly occurring. In a prospective study of 1,000 knee arthroscopies focal chondral or osteochondral defects were found in 19% of the patients (Hjelle 2002). Chronic articular cartilage defects do not heal spontaneously. However, acute traumatic osteochondral lesions or surgically inflicted lesions extending into subchondral bone, e.g. by drilling (Pridie 1959), spongialization, abrasion or microfracture with an angled awl (Rodrigo 1994) causing the release of pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow, may heal with repair tissue consisting of fibrous tissue, fibrocartilage or hyaline-like cartilage. The microfracture technique causes little damage to the subchondral bone plate and the risk of heat necroses caused by drilling or abrasion is eliminated. The quality of the repair tissue after these bone marrow stimulating techniques depends on various factors including the species and age of the individual, the size and localization of the defect, the surgical technique, e.g., how the subchondral bone plate is treated, and the postoperative rehabilitation protocol. Microfracture has been used in small traumatic defects in young sporting individuals (Steadman 2003) as well as in larger osteoarthritic lesions in older patients (Miller 2004, Steadman 2007). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the long-term clinical outcome 10 to 14 years after microfracture of articular cartilage defects in the knee and possible predictors of good and poor outcomes.
The purpose of this study is to determine treatment effects in patients with retinal pigment epithelium detachment (PED) in relation to Age Related Maculopathy (AMD). Patients with newly diagnosed PED without choroidal neovascularisations (CNV), will be randomized to either treatment or observation. The treatment group will first be given injections with anti Vascular Endothelium Growth Factor (anti-VEGF). If the injections do not have any effect, Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) will be given. All patients will be followed for a period of 2 years. It is hypothesized that treatment stops the progression of the disease and stabilizes the vision in this subgroup of patients with AMD.
The investigators will evaluate the accuracy of performing cytological imprints of targeted biopsies when diagnosing prostate cancer. It is useful to know whether the biopsy is cancer or not, in order to know when to stop sampling and when to continue. The strategy is used in other types of cancer, e.g lung, breast etc
Omega-3 fatty acids are provided through dietary intake of fish and seafood. Several dietary supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids are also commercially available. Some studies have described beneficial effects from omega-3 fatty acids, among them are anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-arrhythmic, anti-hypertensive and lipid-modulating effects. Other studies have not confirmed these findings. This study will investigate the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on renal function and cardiovascular risk markers in renal transplant recipients.
This study aimed to assess the optimal duration of nilotinib 300 mg twice daily (BID) consolidation treatment in patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), in order that patients remained in treatment-free remission (≥MR4.0) without molecular relapse 12 months after starting the Treatment-Free Remission (TFR) phase.
About 50% of cancer patients are >70 years at diagnosis. Age related somatic and psychiatric problems may influence the course of cancer and its treatment. The present study is a prospective observational study. Age related problems will be assessed by clinical frailty indicators covering areas that are recommended in geriatric oncology. The aim is to describe the frequency of age related problems in a cohort of Norwegian cancer patients > 70 years of age, to investigate the predictive/prognostic impact of these indicators on cancer and treatment related morbidity and mortality, and to investigate the association between clinical frailty indicators, sarcopenia (severe loss of muscle mass) and inflammatory response. Patients are recruited at outpatient cancer services, Innlandet Hospital HF (SI), Oslo University Hospital, and Akershus University Hospital. Estimated sample size is 300 with 30 months inclusion and 2 years follow-up. The study emerges from SI in collaboration with several external national and international centres
This study will highlight and validate chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (CSMT) for migraine. If the method proves to be effective, it will provide a new non-pharmacological treatment option for migraine. This is especially important since some migraineurs do not tolerate acute and/or prophylactic medicine, due to side effects or contraindications due to comorbidity of other diseases while others do not have effect. Thus, alternative treatment options are warranted. The applied methodology of the study will aim towards the highest possible research standards. This international study is a collaboration between Akershus University Hospital, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway and Macquarie University, Australia. The multidisciplinary professional backgrounds are physiotherapy, chiropractic and medicine. By increasing the methodological quality of the investigators research to a very high level, the investigators see the method to work as a guide to increase the quality of chiropractic research in the future, as previous randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of migraine used methodology showing room for improvement.